Arsenal injury woes continue with midfield concern against Brentford after Mikel Arteta update

suffered another injury concern on Saturday evening against Brentford as Jorginho was forced off in the second-half.

Mikel Arteta handed the Italian a rare start in midfield against the Bees with

Jorginho had played 86 minutes alongside Declan Rice in the middle of the park but was forced to come off with an injury after landing awkwardly. It left the Gunners with just 10-men for the remainder of the game.

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Arsenal were unable to find a winner against Brentford, despite throwing the likes of Bukayo Saka, Merino and Odegaard on. It means Liverpool are now closer than ever to becoming Premier League champions.

An update on Jorginho is expected to come in Arteta's post-match press conference. The Italian isn't expected to start in Madrid next week but his experience could come in handy in the closing stages.

His potential injury comes after football.london understands that the defender was forced to sit out after picking up a knock in training.

Speaking before the game, Arteta said: "Ben White couldn’t be in the squad because he felt something again post-training yesterday, so that limits the solutions we have because Jurrien wasn’t ready to start the game either. Other players as well played a lot of minutes and other players deserve to play minutes to help the team.”

Thomas Partey played at right-back in his place, scoring to put the Gunners 1-0 up in the second-half. However, Yoane Wissa equalised for the visitors to frustrate Arteta.